Olives Big Girl Room

We've been working on re-doing Olive's room as a big girl room. It still needs a little tweaking but it's shaping up pretty cute. Here are some photos of her old baby room..

awwee, babies...

This is a dresser we repainted before she was born. It used to be a dark walnut color.

Here is the big girl bed! It's a 100 year old bed we got at a garage sale. It was cream colored with gold accents and we painted it orange. It's hard to tell but it's a full size bed. I love the curved head and foot boards! I haven't found the perfect bedspread yet, so this one is a placeholder.

Her photo collage. The middle canvas photo of her is a newborn shot taken by the amazing Jen Downer. Below is the new chalkboard wall which has been a HUGE hit. She loves it.

Instant Artwork

Now that Olive is old enough to color without eating the crayons it's one of her favorite things to do! I have all of these little canvas that I bought before for another project and didn't finish. Well, I found a way to use one of them! Simple kid art.

You just need some cute ribbon, glue, a canvas and media of your choice. In our case (where paint is still pretty messy) we just used regular crayons.

After she colored the canvas, I just glued the ribbon all around to look a little more finished.

easy peasy!

New Project! - Bean Bag Cover for Olive

So, bean bags are pretty dorky and ugly (just sayin) but we wanted something for Olive to be able to climb into and hang out without risk of falling etc...So what better than a nice cushy bean bag? The problem is that a. no one really sells bean bags these days, and b. the ones we could find don't exactly go with our decor. So, I decided to just grab this one and recover it. I bought some really fabulous recycled felt today for the project. I envisioned more of a creamy brownish gray but they didn't have that, so I settled with a mossy olive green. I got tan, chocolate and orange felt as well to make flowers and leaves. It's pretty cute in my head, so we'll see how it turns out! Stay tuned for the results...